Ever since the possibility of having a baby was in my consciousness, I experienced pangs of fear when I thought about giving birth. After all, I'm pretty sure that every woman out there has heard horror stories of childbirth, and the dramatic stories always stick out more than the positive ones. The fear lingered in my brain after I found out I was pregnant last December. During pregnancy I read a ton, and the more I read about Western medicine when it comes to birthing - epidurals and c-sections and episiotomies, oh my! - the more I came to the conclusion that I'd like to have as natural a birth as possible, *if* I was tough enough to withstand it and of course, if my health and the baby's health were not endangered. At some point during my second trimester, I was thinking ... [Read More]
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